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G. A. HUBWE. BINDER PGR FILING AND BINDING PAPERS. No. 471,055. Patented Mar. 15

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GEORGE A. HUEVE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNORTO HIMSELF AND THEODORE H. HUEVE, OF SAME PLACE, AND JOHN B. KEYS AND EDW'ARD R. LEE.

BINDER FOR FILI-NG AND BINDING PAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,055, dated March 15., 1892.

Application filed April18, 1891. Serial No. 389,410. (No model.) Y

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. HUEWE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Binders for Filing and Binding Papers, of which the following is a specification.

The several features of my invention and the various advantages resulting from their use, conjointly or otherwise, will be apparent from the following description and claims.

In the accompanying. drawings, making a part of this specification, and to which reference is hereby made, Figure 1 is a View in isometric perspective of a binder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of that end of the binder which is toward the lower part of the sheet in Fig. 1. In Fig. 2 the cover of the binder is shown as elevated and in the position it assumes when the binder is full of file-papers. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the binder,'taken in a vertical plane passing through the center of one of the slotted openings of the cover and also through that one of the upright rods which is located in the said slot.

The back or bottom leaf of the binder is indicated by the letter A. This back A may be of any suitable material, as of wood, metal, &c. In the rear end A of the back are fixed the lower ends of the upright rods C C at a suitable distance apart. These rods receive the bills, orders, letters, or other papers to be filed in the binder. In practice one edge portion of the paper to be filed is placed over the upper-namely, the free-ends of the rods C C and pressed down uponthem. These rods puncture and pass up through the paper as the latter descends. The paper is pressed down until it reaches the back A or the top paper already iiled in the binder. The cover or top leaf B of the binder is preferably of the same size as the. back or bottom leaf A. This cover consists in general of two partsnamely, the main leaf B and the auxiliary or guide piece B2, connected to the main piece or flap B by a suitable hinge or other flexible connection B2. lThe guide-piece B2 has two openings, each indicated by aletter D. These openings respectively receive the rods C C. When the piece B2 is located on the said rods, the piece or flap B will lie over the back or bottorn pieceA and can be raised up so as to inspect the papers on file in the binder. As the flap-piece B is elevated theforward or free end describes an arc of a circle, while the other or rear end connected to the guide-piece B2 moves after the manner of ahinge at the line of its flexible connection with the guide-piece. Each opening D D is extended by a slot or extension D clear to and through the outer or rear adjacent edge of the bottom leaf A, substantially as shown.

Spring orother mechanism is employed to retain the rods in their respective slots, and when the guide-piece is to be removed from the rods this retaining mechanism is operated and the upper leaf or cover is removed from them and from the underlying papers led on the rodsby drawing the cover B toward the operator, the rods passing out of the slots as the cover is moved in a horizontal direction.

A novel and desirable mechanism for holding the cover B in position on the rods and the latter in place in the said slots of the cover consists as follows: At each side of the cover and to the top of the guide-piece B2 thereof is fastened a fiat spring E. Each spring is thus fastened near that end of it which is nearest the adjacent end of the guidepiece, the fastening rivets, bolts, dac., F being sufliciently far from the said end of the spring to leave metal E enough to act as a brace on that side of the said rivets nextto said adjacent end of the brace. The other and longer portion E2 of the spring E, and which is on the other side of said rivets, extends toward the adjacent slot D, and when no rod is present in the slot the free end of the flat spring projects over a part of the adjacent opening D D', and in the present illustrative instance nearly half across thewidth of said slot. In the end edge of each spring is a recess E3 of a size to receive one side of the adjacent rod, the inner edge of this recess projecting over a part of the slot. Each rod is close to its upper or free end provided with a notch C for a purpose hereinafter mentioned.

The mode in general in which the binder IOO thus constructed is operated is as follows: The cover being off, the paper or papers to be tiled are located on the rods C C, as aforementioned. The cover is now lifted and the guide-piece located overthe rods, so that the upper ends of the latter are in the slots and directly under the openings formed by the recess E and the opposing side of the slot. The operator now presses down the guidepiece, and as it descends the upper ends of the rods press up the free ends of flat springs E, and when the latter have been sufficiently shortened by iiexure these ends of the rods will pass by the said edges of these springs, a side of each rod lying in the recess E3 ofthe adjacent spring. The guide-piece is pushed down till it rests on the filed papers, the flat springs bent upward and resting against their respective rods, substantially as shown in Fig. l. rlhe springs when in this position operate as stops and by their frictional grasp against the rods prevent the cover from bei ng lifted, and the sides of the slots and of the recesses E3 prevent the coverfroni being moved in any direction horizontally. 7When the operator desires to release the cover, he lifts slightly the free end of each spring, preferably by placing a thumb under the adjacent edge of each spring, the hand being in the meantime suitably braced. This action liberates the hold of the springs on the rods, and the operator moves the cover forward toward him,the rods passing out through the slots. Thus the cover is removed. Both of the operations of placing the cover in position on the rods and its removal therefrom are easily effected and in an exceedingly brief space of time. lVhen the file is about full of papers, the top of the latter when pressed down coming close to the top ends of the rods, and the cover located on the rods, the edges of the recesses of the free ends of the rods will respectively enter the notches F and hold the guide-piece stationary, and at the same time allow it to be at the very top of the rods, the springs lying fiat, as shown in Fig. 2. For the more rapid removal of the cover from the binder the rear portions of the free ends of the springs may be curved or beveled away from the recess E3, substantially as shown in the drawings at E".

The cover B may be of any suitable material, as wood, ttc.; but l prefer, however, to construct thebottom leaf and the upper leaf or cover in the following-named manner and of the following specified materials: rlhemain portion A of the bottom leaf is composed of straw-board, and the strip or portion A', to which the rods are Xed, is of metal. On the under side of the straw-board and folded over the edge thereof is a piece of canvas G, which extends under the strip A', which is made of iron, and is folded up over the same and brought up over the same and forward and for some distance upon the adjacent edge of the main portion A of the said bottom leaf. The lapped-over edges of canvas are then secured in place by paper or equivalent material pasted on the said overlapped edges and the rest of the upper face of the main portion A. This inode of connection makes the main portion A and the iron strip or piece A flexible, thereby insuring greater facility in the opening of the binder and in the inspection of the papers. The portion B of the upper leaf or cover is likewise made of strawboard, and the guiding-piece is composed of iron or other material and the upper surface of wood. The main portion B of the cover B is covered with canvas, which overlaps the sides and forward end of the main portion B' of the cover and also laps over the piece B2 and extends back under the said piece and forward for a short distance onto the under side of the main portion B' of the cover. The overlapping edges of the canvas are secured in position by the piece of paper or other suitable material pasted through and to the remaining uncovered portion of the straw-board. The forward corners and up per and lower leaves of the binder may be provided with leather or metal corners pasted on in any of the well-known forms.

That I claim as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a binder, the bottom leaf or back provided at one end edge with the upright rods C C and the upper leaf provided with the slotted openings D D', located near to and extending out to the rear edge of the cover, the said slots when the cover is in position receiving the said rods, and the flat springs E E, riveted near one end and having the free and elastic end arranged to bear against the sides of their respective rods G C when the cover is in position in the binder, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. ln a binder, the bottom leaf or back pro vided at one end edge with the upright rods C C and the upperleaf provided with the slotted openings D D', located near to and extending out to the rear edge of the cover, the said slots when the cover is in position receiving the said rods, and the flat springs E E, riveted near one end and having the free and elastic end arranged to bear against the sides of their respective rods C C when the cover is in position in the binder, the free edge of each of the springs being provided with the recess E, into which the adjacent rod is received, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a binder, the'bottomleaf or back provided at one end edge with the upright rods C C andthe upper leaf provided with the slotted openings D D', located near to and extending out to the rear edge of the cover, the said slots when the cover is in position receiving the said rods, and the fiat springs E E, riveted near one end and having the'free and elastic end arranged to bear against the sides of their respective rods C C when the cover is in position in the binder, the upper ends of the rods being provided with the notches C for IOO IIO

the reception of the adjacent free ends of their respective adjacent springs E, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

4. In abinder, the bottom leaf or back provided at one end edge with the upright rods C C and the upper leaf provided with theslotted openingsD D', located near to and extending out to the rear edge of the cover, the said slots when the cover is in position receiving the said rods, and the flat springs E E, riveted near one end and having the free and elastic.

end arranged to bear against the sides of their respective rods C C when the cover is in position in the binder, the free edge of each of the springs being provided with the recess E3, into which the adjacent rod is received, the upper ends of the rods C being provided with notches C', substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. In a binder, the bottom leaf provided at one edge with the rods C C and the upper leaf provided with the slotted openings D D', located near to and extending out to the rear edge of the cover, the said slots when the cover is in position receiving the said rods, and the fiatsprings E E, riveted near one end and having their free elastic end arranged to bear against the sides of their respective rods C C when the cover is in position inthe binder, the free edge of the springs being provided with the recess E3, into which the adjacent rod is received, that portion of the free end of the spring which is at the rear of the adjacent recess E3 being beveled and rounded, as at E4, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

6. In a binder, the upper leaf or cover cornposed of the guiding-strip B2 and the mainl portion B', the latter composed of straw-board and the guiding-piece of metal and connected together by an overlying piece of canvas lapped over the same and secured in place and forming a iiexible connection between the main portion B and the guiding-piece B2, the guiding-piece being provided with ,the slots D D', extending out through the rear edge of the guiding-piece, and springs E E, bearing against the rods attached to the guidingpiece, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

7. In a binder, the upper leaf or cover composed of the guiding-strip B2 and the main portion B', the latter composed of straw-board and the guiding-piece of metal and connected together by an overlying piece of canvas lapped over the same and secured in place and forminga iiexible connection between the main portion B and the guiding-piece B2, the guiding-piece being provided with the slots D D', extending out through the rear edge of the guiding-piece, the springs E E, bearing against the rods attached to the guiding-piece, the bottom piece having the main portion A composed of straw-board and the rear strip of metal, to which are affixed the lower ends of the rods C C, and the underlying strip of canvas overlapping both and secured thereto by paper or equivalent material, the canvas forming a flexible connection between the strip A' and the main portion A of the bottom leaf, substantially as and for the purposes specilied. j

GEORGE A. HUEWE. Attest: A

A. L. HERRLINGER, v K. SMITH. 

